Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

SolarWinds Attack Underscores ‘New Dimension’ in Cyber-Espionage Tactics

January 19, 2021 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Meanwhile, Malwarebytes is the latest victim, Symantec discovers a fourth piece of malware used in the massive attack campaign, and FireEye Mandiant releases a free tool to help spot signs of the attack.

More SolarWinds Attack Details Emerge

January 12, 2021 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

A third piece of malware is uncovered, but there's still plenty of unknowns about the epic attacks purportedly out of Russia.

FireEye’s Mandia: ‘Severity-Zero Alert’ Led to Discovery of SolarWinds Attack

January 7, 2021 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

CEO Kevin Mandia shared some details on how his company rooted out the major cyberattack campaign affecting US government and corporate networks.

FBI, CISA, NSA & ODNI Cite Russia in Joint Statement on ‘Serious’ SolarWinds Attacks

January 5, 2021 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

The attacks appear to be an "intelligence-gathering" mission, the agencies said.

The Coolest Hacks of 2020

December 31, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Despite a pandemic and possibly the worst cyberattack campaign ever waged against the US, the year still had some bright spots when it came to "good" and creative hacks.

CISA: SolarWinds Not the Only Initial Attack Vector in Massive Breach

December 17, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Agency says it has "evidence of additional initial access vectors" besides SolarWinds' Orion software.

FireEye Breach Fallout Yet to Be Felt

December 10, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Aftermath of the FireEye breach by Russia's foreign service agency raises concerns over what the attackers could do next - and how to defend against it.

Nation-State Hackers Breached FireEye, Stole Its Red Team Tools

December 8, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

"Novel techniques" used by the attackers cheated security tools and forensics, according to FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia.

Dragos Nets $110M in Series C Led by Major Global Energy, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas Company Investors

December 8, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

National Grid Partners, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise led the latest funding round for the ICS/OT security company.

Researchers Bypass Next-Generation Endpoint Protection

December 3, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Machine learning-based products can be tricked to classify malware as a legitimate file, new findings show.

Alexa, Disarm the Victim’s Home Security System

November 24, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Researchers who last year hacked popular voice assistants with laser pointers take their work to the next level.

New Proposed DNS Security Features Released

November 19, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Verisign's R&D team has developed new ways to authenticate and optimize DNS traffic on the client side of the domain-name resolution process.

NSS Labs’ Abrupt Shutdown Leaves Many Unanswered Questions

November 5, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Former execs and employees share some insights into the testing firm's shutdown. What does it mean for the future of security product testing?

Need for ‘Guardrails’ in Cloud-Native Applications Intensifies

October 22, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

With more organizations shifting to cloud services in the pandemic, experts say the traditionally manual process of securing them will be replaced by automated tools in 2021 and beyond.

NSS Labs Shuttered

October 19, 2020 by Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading

The testing firm's website says it has 'ceased operations' as of Oct. 15.

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